History

Granddad Sarens was a farmer and still used a horse and cart for forestry works and the transport of trees. That's how it began in the thirties, one man and his twelve children, who started working with him as soon as they left school.

The horse and cart became a truck, and then a cart again due to lack of fuel during the war. Wooden wheels made way for rubber tyres, and eventually the horses were replaced with engines. The means were always adapted to the needs of the customer.

This was the Sarens way: first analysing the problem and looking for the suitable technical solution, then executing the operation. Sarens would load, transport, build and assemble with the suitable equipment, always under competent supervision. This competence combined with years of experience, had eventually lead to today's expertise and specialisation.

In a few decades a Flemish family business conquered its place on the world market. Nowadays, Sarens is a group of 100 entities in 50 countries, with a yearly turnover reaching 420 mio EUR and more than 3000 employees at your service. It is still a family business, with the fourth Sarens generation currently in management.

 current board members of the Sarens family